Digital Fast

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A very good friend of mine recently used this word in the sentence “I was on a digital fast, so I could not reply back to your email immediately”. My friend was on a digital fast by staying away from all social media like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+ and even emails (in certain cases).




We are over stuffing ourselves with all this social media, texting and constant information update. It would be nice to take a break from all of that and go on a Digital Fast to clear our schedules and minds. It would be like tasting food and appreciating it after a food fast.

It would be kind of impossible to shut down everything we use on a daily basis. But we can cut down on one digital media one day a week.


(I would love to blabber about the pros and cons but you know yourself with your media better)

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